minium

Definitions

1. Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion.
   historical, uncountable, usually
2. Red lead.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead⟳ with the protoxide have⟳ received the general name⟳ of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead⟳.”

“[H]e was so overcome⟳ by suffering that his face⟳, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like⟳ orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.”

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